Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
nomdeplume
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#2re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:15pm
Go ahead and put Jerry in the role now and save the endless drama as he drives off one star after another before he reluctantly accepts the lead role to save the show.
Updated On: 6/29/09 at 02:15 PM
nomdeplume
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#2re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:17pm
Well, Lewis is older now, maybe he's mellowed.
I, for one, think the show could work on Broadway.
Nathan Lane would be great but The Addams Family has him.
TalkinLoud
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#3re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:21pmThis is for the 2010-11 season. Lane would seem like the (maybe too) obvious choice.
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#4re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:22pmIt has to be someone who can play really off-the-wall and goofy.
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#6re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:28pmIt needs to be someone who can play a lot of physical comedy, which Lewis has always been known for.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:28pm
It'll be Roger Bart.
And is Jerry Lewis in decent enough health to do anything other than show up for the opening night? Methinks they'll have to call in Jerry Zaks to "watch" from the mezzanine and give the actors notes at Joe Allen.
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#8re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:28pmAnyone who is not Martin Short. Dan Fogler could work, but they'll probably want a bigger name.
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nomdeplume
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#9re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:30pm
I'd like to see Matthew Morrison tackle it, but he's tied up with TV's GLEE.
He would be outrageous.
#10re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:30pmMaybe Sean Hayes will come to Broadway. Sean played Jerry in the bio-pic and they are friends. They have a good working relationship.
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#11re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:36pm
It'll be Roger Bart.
Awesome. Hopefully, he'll yell and scream every single line again. I think he watched Singin' in the Rain as a child and assumed "Make 'Em Laugh" was a directive to be imposed on the audience with dictatorial venom.
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#12re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:38pm
I don't want a Jerry Lewis look-a-like.
I'd like to see someone with their own originality.
Gothampc
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#13re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:42pmThis is one show that you'll need to see the original cast because once the original cast leaves, they'll use the role as a revolving door for every second rate star who thinks he can play comedy.
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Gothampc
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#15re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:45pm
Hopefully, he'll yell and scream every single line again. I think he watched Singin' in the Rain as a child and assumed "Make 'Em Laugh" was a directive to be imposed on the audience with dictatorial venom.
Unlike Nathan Lane who never met a punchline he couldn't telegraph to the audience.
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nomdeplume
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#16re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:47pmIt should be a singer who can also make a lot of crazy sounds with his voice.
#17re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:51pm
Norbert Leo Butz
Edit: and my second choice would be anyone other than Sean Hayes or Roger Bart.
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Updated On: 6/29/09 at 02:51 PM
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#18re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:52pm
Yeah, but Norbert may be tied up with Catch Me If You Can.
What about Troy Britton Johnson?
#19re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:56pm
Would they have the same actor in both roles? Yes, Jerry played both roles but in a film you can stop to change costumes and all.
Personally, I'd prefer someone a bit younger than Bart.
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#20re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:56pm
"It should be a singer who can also make a lot of crazy sounds with his voice."
Hank Azaria?
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#21re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 3:00pmWhat do you think the stage age range for the role is?
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#22re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 3:02pm
Hunter Foster or Raul Esparza. Either one would be great.
I sincerely doubt Sean Hayes will do it. The character is straight, not something that Hayes can convincingly portray.
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#23re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 3:04pmJack Black in his Broadway debut?
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#24re: Who Should Play the Nutty Professor?
Posted: 6/29/09 at 3:10pm
But Jack Black claims he's been "tamed."
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